Luke Littler had win streak of 19 matches, but this statistic from Phil Taylor remains unsurpassed for now
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Luke Littler saw a long winning streak come to an end last week. After nineteen wins in a row, Gian van Veen managed to hand the 18-year-old teenage sensation a defeat.
Littler began his winning streak by winning the UK Open. There, "The Nuke" picked up a total of six wins, including an 11-2 victory over James Wade in the final. Then Littler won the weekly title in Brighton, where he again remained unbeaten for three matches.
He continued his streak by winning the Belgian Darts Open, adding another five wins to her tally. At Players Championship 5, Littler also won his first five matches, before Van Veen surprisingly won 7-6 over the reigning world champion.
Such a win streak is rare, but it is not even a fraction of the win streak that Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor once managed. In the period of late 2016 and early 2017, Van Gerwen managed to record as many as 45 wins in a row. In this period, "Mighty Mike" won the European Darts Championship, the World Series of Darts Finals, Grand Slam of Darts, Players Championship Finals, the World Darts Championship and the Masters, consecutively, often with averages well above 100.
However, this series is still dwarfed by Taylor's unbeaten run in 2008, during the period when many believe "The Power" was at his best. After a defeat against Colin Osborne in June 2008, Taylor won nearly four months of every match he played, including against players such as a young Michael van Gerwen, Andy Hamilton and James Wade.
His next loss, after 59 wins and one draw, came in early October 2008 in a 1-3 defeat to Mervyn King in a Players Championship in Ireland. Along the way, he won the World Matchplay, the Las Vegas Desert Classic, the South African Masters and five floor events.
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- Covid or the vaccine. Which one done him?Mysstree16-03-2025
- Beau also skipped Players Championships 7 & 8 next week, and PC 3 & 4 four weeks ago. If she next chooses to miss the Women's Series and PC 13 & 14 in mid-April then we can make a fair guess as to her reason.Scoobedybop13-03-2025
- I've commented before,Phil should let us all remember how great he was,and leave your darts in the drawer. Another humiliation will tarnish everything,you couldn't even beat old blokes who you would have beaten before the game started !!rick6712-03-2025
- I've commented before,Phil should let us all remember how great he was,and leave your darts in the drawer. Another humiliation will tarnish everything,you couldn't even beat old blokes who you would have beaten before the game started !!rick6712-03-2025
- Aspinall was a no-show: Carl Sneyd steps in from the Challenge Tour.Scoobedybop11-03-2025
- Likewise, I have always been a fan of Mervyn and with this worry on his mind, it explains why his form and ranking plummeted. It is really sad to hear this, often chatted to Mervyn and Tracey during the Lakeside days, both are lovely people. It does seem naive not acknowledging the fact it was earnings, surely there must be others in the same situation. I really hope the Kings can get through this....would a go fund me be permittedrichieburnettrocks11-03-2025
- I always like Merv,but he does he seems slightly naive with his comments. I wish you all the best, hope you can get sorted,and try and get back to a decent game,a bit of money.....and get rid of the dogs,if that's your main concern,I believe your priorities may be slightly wrongrick6710-03-2025
- What’s with the dogs element to this story, trying to pull at the heart strings? Just goes to show that being a good dart player does not equate to being that bright. Seriously, ‘I thought you didn’t have to pay tax on winnings’ , your a pro dart player and its your line of work, your not playing the lottery or placing a bet. I think it was Phil Taylor who said you should put a third to one side of all winnings into a bank account, obviously Merv was wearing his earplugs at the time.Mysstree10-03-2025
- The thing is... the folks who "humiliated" Taylor in the Seniors Events never really achieved anything in the important events - like Taylor did. Taylor had/has nothing to prove... and beating Taylor after he had retired is of zero value. Taylor in his prime would have made easy work of all of them. Cheers.MrYnyslas197107-03-2025
- Taylor was humiliated in the seniors events,so he really has nothing to lose by playing littler. I think he should put his darts away,and let us remember what a great player he wasrick6706-03-2025